Article Archive for August 2008
Hurricane Gustav - New Orleans May Face Mandatory Evacuations
Rescue workers were considering evacuating New Orleans as it faced a hurricane threat three years to the day that Katrina devastated the city.
Tropical storm Gustav, which is …
A combination of advances in biotechnology and easy access to inputs has heightened the threat of bio-attacks, David Heyman, an international expert on bioterrorism, said here on Thursday.
For years, al-Qaida and other terror groups have set up shop in the Internet. Those who track them have covertly followed. The companies SITE and IntelCenter have penetrated even deeper into the terror Web than …
After he gave multiple statements to investigators, Kenneth E. Barnes talked his way into an indictment in the slaying of pizza deliveryman Brian Wells.
A year after he was charged, Barnes has reached a deal that …
A co-owner of a Milwaukee security company is accused of buying materials to make bombs to destroy drug and gang houses, police said.
“We realized we had to take immediate action because of the potential threat …
The Moroccan authorities say they have broken up a militant cell operating in several towns in the kingdom.
The group allegedly had links with al- Qaeda and police described the 15 people arrested as “dangerous”.
In a sign of the spreading violence in Mexico, 12 decapitated bodies were found late Thursday near the colonial city of Merida on the Yucatan peninsula, officials said.
The bodies bore signs of torture and some …
Dozens of law enforcement and emergency boats in one of the nation’s largest and most congested waterways will be outfitted this fall with radiation detectors aimed at preventing terrorists from smuggling deadly weapons into the …
Triggered by concerns over threatening emails, federal agents and UC Berkeley campus police have raided an activist center and internet cafe, seizing 14 computers.
UC Berkeley spokesman Robert Sanders would only confirm that threatening emails had …
Federal authorities say they found more than 100 guns at the home of a former Boeing Co. worker charged with sending bomb threats to some of the company’s top executives.
A grand jury returned a 16-count …
